THE GASOLINE THIEVES

Cinema Detroit4126 Third StreetDetroit, MI, 48201

DIR Edgar Nito | Mexico | 2019 | 93 min

Fourteen-year-old Lalo is an innocent high schooler, looking to win the affections of Ana, the most popular girl at school. Convinced an expensive gift will be the key to her heart, he starts illegally siphoning gasoline to sell on the black market to make a quick buck. But as he gets drawn deeper into this violent world, his actions will have life-altering consequences. Winner of the Best New Narrative Director award at the Tribeca Film Festival, filmmaker Edgar Nito’s exciting debut is a chilling look at a very real crisis facing Mexico. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED